A History Of The Modern Chinese Navy, 1840?é?Ç?ô2020 (Routledge Studies In The Modern History Of Asia) - 9780367685553

This book provides a comprehensive history of the modern Chinese navy from 1840 to the present. Beginning with a survey of naval developments in earlier imperial times, the book goes on to show how China has since the mid-19th century four times built or rebuilt its navy: after the Opium Wars, a navy which was sunk or captured by the Japanese in the war of 1894-1895; during the 1920s and 1930s, a navy again sunk or lost to Japan, in the war of 1937-1945; in the 1950s, a navy built with Soviet help, which stagnated following the Sino-Soviet split in the early 1960s; and finally the present navy which absorbed its predecessor, but with the most modern sections dating from the 1990s--a navy which continues to grow and prosper. The book also shows how the underlying strategic imperative for the Chinese navy has been the defense of China's coasts and major rivers; how naval mutiny was a key factor in the overthrow of the Qing and the Nationalist regimes; and how successive Chinese governments, aware of the potent threat of naval mutiny, have restricted the growth, independence, and capabilities of the navy. Overall, the book provides--at a time when many people in the West view China and its navy as a threat--a rich, detailed, and realistic assessment of the true nature of the Chinese navy and the contemporary factors that affect its development.

• | Author: Bruce A. Elleman
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: May 10, 2021
• | Number of Pages: 294 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0367685558
• | ISBN-13: 9780367685553